Multiple side pocket billfold



Aug. 12, 1952 5. K. Rx-:Nz

MULTIPLE SIDE POCKET BILLFOLD Filed Oct. ll, 1946 FIG. 3

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Patented Aug. 12, 1952 MULTIPLE SIDE POCKET BILLFOLD Emil Karl Renz, Dedham, Mass., assignor, by mesne assignments, to Debonair, Inc., Boston Mass., a corporation of Massachusetts Y Application October 11, 1946, Serial No. 702,657

3 Claims. 1

The present invention relates to improvements in pocket wallets of the type which may be folded on a center line to bring the halves of the outer face or wall on either side of the center line substantially in parallel relation'to one another. In this type of wallet, when it is desired to provide a number of compartments or'pockets in addition to the bill fold receptacle or receptacles, due to the wallet construction the wallet may have unnecessary stiffness and bulge at places folded, especially if the wallet has a number of bills and cards. Various means have been taken to avoid this difficulty, among which is the construction shown in my Patent No. 2,366,875 patented January 9, 1945, and the improvement disclosed in my pending application Serial No. 579,957 filed February 27, 1945, now Patent No. 2,439,580, issued April 13, 1948. In the present invention, the construction of this type of wallet is further improved by the construction of the side pockets and the manner and means by which these elements tie in with the stay member and divider. Besides the bill compartment, the wallet (Cl. 15G-38) of the present invention provides at least two side pockets on each side with a exible and free coupling of the stay member and divider together and to the wallet.

The present invention lwill be more fully def scribed in the specification below when ltaken in connection with the drawings illustrating an embodiment of the same, in 'which Figs. 1,' 2, 3, 4, and 5 show developments of elements of the wallet before being folded 'and assembled; Figs. 2 and 4 show modifications of elements of Figs. 2 and 4 respectively; and Fig. 5 an assembly of these elements;

Fig. 6 shows the assembly of elements partially completed; f

Fig. 7 shows the assembled wallet looking at the inner face with the wallet opened out;

Fig. 8 is a section on the line 8--8 of Fig. '7, and

Fig. 9 is a section on the line 9-9 of Fig. '7.

In the drawings, the outer wall'or face I is provided with two end flaps 2 and 3 (Fig. 1) which end flaps form the outer faces of side pockets on the inside wall of the pocket and therefore serve as a part of the inner wall of the wallet. Flaps 2 and 3 have a crease line 4 positioned in from the top edge 5 which is the top of the outer wall. Extensions 6 are joined at the crease 4 along the top of the flaps 2 and 3. These extensions are provided with two tabs 'l and 8, the tab 'l pointing inward and upward and the tab 8 being of a T formation and joined to the extension 6 in thestemofthe T qThe purpose of the T tab 8 is to'lock'with the side section 9 in its extension I0. This side'section faces on the inner face of the end rnap, extending nearer to the central portion of the inside wall of which it forms a part than the end flap to which it is attached. The outer's'ide'poclet is in fact formed by the piecesjvZandf 9 :and the inner side pocket by the side se'ction andthe stay member Il (seeFigfi) as will beexpl'ained later. The extension Illhasr af horizontal slot I2 into which the cross portionof the T tab 8 is fitted and locked. The section 9 iswon the inside of the ap 2 and the fold lnejl therefore lies over the fold line 4 with the extension Ill folding over opposing the sectionl 9'l and the extension 6 lying in face contact jwitlijthe other face of the extension I0.. Y n Q The sections 9 and I0 when'folded along the line I3 act as a sleeve to'. receive the stay member II While the stay membe'rforms theinside of the half 'side pocket with', the section 9 as the outer face.

It will be noted that the extensionV I0 has a square cutout sectionv 14,'"which serves to engage the strap member I53"`n',thef divider piece I6 (see Fig. 5). `The stay'member y,I Land the divider member I6 .are linked-together by means of the end straps I5 and'I"l'.lv .These end straps lare formed with enlarged ends' IIlaridl` I9 which engage in the slots. 20 and 2.1i fthestaymember il, which slots are smaller thahlthe end sections I8 and I3, so that theV staylmember and divider will remain normally.v joined together. As will be noted in Fig. 4 the s'lot20 is located at about the same distance frornltlfl'efv base of the recessed square section 22asfthe slot 2l is from the end edge 23. In'assemblng the pieces Il and I6 together, the straps I5 Iand I1 are creased along the dotted lines 24 and 25 and are folded over the face of the stay II as positioned in Fig. 4. The strap I5 is somewhat narrower than the recessed section 22, so that considerable play in a longitudinal direction is provided between the stay member Il and the divider I6. When the elements Il and I6 are assembled, they may be placed in position in assembling the wallet. This position is shown in Fig. 6, in which the stay member II lies in front of the divider member I6. The sections 9 and I0 as viewed in Fig. 6 are folded inwardly with the sections 2 and 3 by folding along the fold lines 26 and 21. The sections I are then folded downward between the stay member and divider with the cutout sections I4 engaging the straps I5 and I1.

These straps I5 and Il are permitted sucient looseness in the recessed locking sections I4, so that both stay and divider may be moved together for a short distance longitudinal of the wallet. Folding the section I inward locks the straps I and I'I in place so that they do not readily come apart after the wallet has been assembled. As a matter of fact, it is not necessary either to cement or sew any of the pieces together, except for the stitching along the bottom edge as indicated by 29 (Fig. 7) which, of course, stitches together in a single stitching the lower edges of sections 2, 3, and 9 to the back face I of the wallet. For this purpose, the bottom margin 30 of the outer wall I may be bent up over the lower edges of the pieces 2, 9, and 3 and the stitching may be through stitching from the back to the front of the wallet. The stay member H is, of course. free from this stitching.

In the assembled position shown in Fig. 7, the wallet is shown as having one long pocket in which the divider I6 is positioned and two pockets on either side of the center section 28 shown by the dotted line, along which the wallet may be folded together. It will be noted that the upper section 6 with the tabs 'I and 8 is tucked outward and downward providing a finished top edge along the fold crease 4.

In the modification shown in Figures 2', 4 and 5', the divider element may be omitted and the side section 9' corresponding to the section 9 of Figure 2 is provided with a dierent form of extension member I0'. The slot I2' is in the same position as the slot l2. but a tab 40 is provided extending from the recessed wall of the recess I4' with a T-shaped end 4I. The tab 40 is folded on its crease line 42, so that the stay member I I which is laid over the face of the extension I6 is positioned to have its out out portion 2'2' engage the tab 4U, the T end of which is tucked in the slot 20'. This assembly is indicated in Figure 5' which shows how the stay member II is attached in position to the tab 40 folded inwardly of the section III'. In this way, the divider may be eliminated without disturbing the individual adjustability of the stay member.

Having now described my invention, I claim:

1. In a wallet of the type described having an outer wall and an inner wall with said inner wall having an inner side pocket formed of a folded A- pocket member and a stay member extending into the folded pocket member, in combination, a second pocket member shorter in length than said inner side pocket formed as an inward fold ap to said outer wall and having a top extension folded over the inside portion of the inner side pocket member and locked to said inside portion, said top extension comprising a T-shaped tab and a projecting tab member, the former locking through a slot on said inside portion of said inner side pocket and the latter extending downward to the line of fold of said end inward fold iiap into the corner of the wallet, the lower edge of the pocket members and the outer wall being stitched together.

2. In a wallet of the type described having an outer wall and an inner wall with said inner wall being formed of inner side pocket members folded over a stay member bridging the space between said pocket members in combination, said inner side pocket member being an independent piece, a second set of pocket members shorter in length than said inner side pocket formed as end inward fold flaps to said outer wall and having top extensions folded over the inside portion of the inner side pocket members, said inside fold of said inner side pocket having means cooperating with means of said top extension to lock said top extension when folded to said inside fold of said inner side pocket.

3. In a wallet of the type described having an outer wall with folding end extensions, said extensions having top extending folding flaps, an independent section having a fold line dividing it in two parts, said parts being folded in face to face relationship and positioned on the inner side of said extension in face to face relationship therewith, with the top extending naps folding on its fold line substantially coincident with the fold line of said parts and on the inner side of said folded parts, means interlocking said top extending flap in its folded position with one of said parts, said folding extensions and independent sections forming'two side pockets with the former shorter than the latter on the inside of the wallet at each end, the lower edges of which, together with the lower edges of the outer wall are all stitched together.

EMIL KARL RENZ.

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